The Ultimate Repose - Meditation on Selected Verses of Ribhu Gita
CAUTION: If you do not like these posts, then please ignore them. Ribhu Gita is ultimate form of Advaita Vedanta and it may not suite everyone. One's qualification can be judged more by one's inclination to think or see in those terms. If I dislike or look at these posts as hurting my sentiments, its most likely because of lack of qualification. I , as a student present what is taught in the text and not what I feel. My own feelings have no place ... its the vision that matters. My sentiments, my attachments etc are insignificant in comparison to the vision of the scriptures. So please excuse me for being harsh on ideas ... Advaita invariably involves rejection of some ideas.
Friends,
Namaasthe!
Through this thread I would like to share with you all a few (randomly selected) verses from Ribhu Gita. I would welcome one and all to use these pointers and abide as the Self - here and now !
Ribhu Gita is very direct in pointing out the truth. I think one of the main reasons for this is the following question by Nidagha. Nidagha does not ask for a knowledge that can liberate him later. He does not seek for a practice. He says , tell me that hearing which i may be liberated here and now. So thats how direct the teaching is. Ribhu Gita, at various places suggests that liberation is possible here and now. It is left to the students to verify this ... whether or not this knowledge can leave us liberated here and now.
Chapter 4: Verse 34,
nidaaghaH -
bhagavan ko bhavaan ko nu vada me vadataa.N vara |
yacChrutvaa tatxaNaanmucyet mahaasa.Nsaarasa.NkaTaat ||
निदाघः -
भगवन् को भवान् को नु वद मे वदताँ वर।
यच्छ्रुत्वा तत्क्षणान्मुच्येत् महासँसारसँकटात्॥
Who , in truth, are you Lord ? Tell me O best among the eloquent; by hearing which one is
liberated from that very moment on, from the great trammels of transmigration.
Often students seek practices or methods to lull the mind. The teacher teaches as per the preparedness of the student. When a student is eager enough to ask "i want to be liberated NOW", please tell me that which can liberate, the teaching is direct Self Knowledge as we shall see! Ribhu presents the teaching so well that there is no doubt that if we can listen to this and see what the teacher is presenting , we revel as Self here and now!
Love!
Silence
Last edited by silence_speaks; 05 November 2014 at 12:31 AM.
Come up, O Lions, and shake off the delusion that you are a sheep
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